Emma Name Popularity

How popular is Emma?

The highly popular name Emma was the number 1 Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2017.

This top 10 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 500 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #1 was reached for the first time in 2008 and as recently as 2017.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2003 with 22,704 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Emma was 414 in 1976.

Approximately during the years 1881-1884, 1911-1915, and 1981-2003, the name Emma took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 2004-2010 were years of successive downward movement.

Where is the name Emma popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

For a number of years, the name Emma has steadily increased in popularity. however, the number of children named Emma lately has remained about the same.

The name Emma is a huge favorite and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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Emma (Girl)

Emma (Boy)

Year

%

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

2017

19,738

1

14

6,086

2016

19,471

1

18

5,169

2015

20,435

1

10

7,637

2014

20,924

1

12

6,740

2013

20,936

2

18

5,021

2012

20,934

2

20

4,740

2011

18,797

3

33

3,319

2010

17,338

3

17

5,317

2009

17,892

2

19

4,979

2008

18,809

1

15

5,847

2007

18,372

3

21

4,535

2006

19,114

2

22

4,264

2005

20,339

2

36

2,912

2004

21,606

2

102

1,396

2003

22,704

2

37

2,686

2002

16,538

4

15

4,973

2001

13,307

13

14

5,206

2000

12,548

17

15

4,859

1999

11,728

17

17

4,206

1998

10,437

22

11

5,582

1997

7,739

36

9

6,244

1996

6,143

53

6

8,262

1995

5,044

67

5

9,283

1994

4,763

74

5

9,248

1993

4,104

80

8

6,397

1992

3,209

104

< 5

--

1991

2,592

123

< 5

--

1990

2,417

130

9

5,511

1989

1,935

149

18

3,243

1988

1,788

160

11

4,255

1987

1,588

175

9

4,670

1986

1,257

211

5

7,044

1985

944

264

< 5

--

1984

676

342

7

5,133

1983

551

398

7

5,079

1982

562

409

5

6,655

1981

534

412

< 5

--

1980

533

416

< 5

--

1979

488

429

5

6,346

1978

444

447

< 5

--

1977

478

423

< 5

--

1976

414

463

< 5

--

1975

478

421

< 5

--

1974

495

407

< 5

--

1973

418

447

6

4,684

1972

454

426

< 5

--

1971

473

442

5

5,150

1970

527

422

< 5

--

1969

516

426

< 5

--

1968

492

427

5

4,308

1967

564

385

< 5

--

1966

619

364

< 5

--

1965

639

359

< 5

--

1964

770

343

< 5

--

1963

723

352

5

4,230

1962

797

332

8

3,129

1961

888

307

< 5

--

1960

980

295

< 5

--

1959

1,057

270

5

4,171

1958

1,086

266

< 5

--

1957

1,214

243

5

4,157

1956

1,342

226

7

3,306

1955

1,461

211

5

4,025

1954

1,527

202

7

3,251

1953

1,590

195

10

2,592

1952

1,711

180

< 5

--

1951

1,728

174

< 5

--

1950

1,898

154

5

3,843

1949

2,000

147

9

2,668

1948

2,097

138

6

3,420

1947

2,142

141

11

2,411

1946

2,071

131

10

2,450

1945

2,052

123

6

3,103

1944

2,246

118

13

2,018

1943

2,422

114

5

3,694

1942

2,605

108

17

1,756

1941

2,545

99

14

1,936

1940

2,607

94

22

1,445

1939

2,685

89

16

1,741

1938

2,668

96

18

1,633

1937

2,748

89

18

1,648

1936

2,833

85

15

1,828

1935

2,802

89

21

1,507

1934

2,941

85

26

1,333

1933

3,151

75

29

1,237

1932

3,331

76

19

1,667

1931

3,307

76

24

1,435

1930

3,555

73

22

1,575

1929

3,802

69

23

1,538

1928

4,018

67

20

1,725

1927

4,325

65

25

1,530

1926

4,481

59

23

1,579

1925

4,713

57

19

1,828

1924

4,899

57

23

1,639

1923

4,976

53

21

1,712

1922

5,013

50

16

2,071

1921

5,073

52

12

2,531

1920

5,237

46

10

2,829

1919

5,087

45

12

2,410

1918

5,324

46

19

1,777

1917

5,121

46

15

2,018

1916

5,217

41

17

1,793

1915

5,044

40

24

1,383

1914

3,972

39

11

2,011

1913

3,474

38

11

1,716

1912

3,357

35

10

1,656

1911

2,616

35

8

1,314

1910

2,607

34

17

738

1909

2,338

34

5

1,521

1908

2,357

30

< 5

--

1907

2,356

27

11

832

1906

2,224

28

8

955

1905

2,298

26

6

1,137

1904

2,312

22

12

699

1903

2,308

23

10

748

1902

2,514

18

11

704

1901

2,374

17

8

796

1900

3,095

13

21

519

1899

2,445

13

10

674

1898

2,788

13

8

830

1897

2,698

10

< 5

--

1896

2,872

10

11

688

1895

2,952

10

12

616

1894

2,937

9

15

525

1893

2,968

9

14

516

1892

3,128

7

12

613

1891

2,884

5

13

503

1890

2,980

5

16

466

1889

2,884

5

10

639

1888

3,087

4

17

472

1887

2,647

4

14

467

1886

2,764

3

11

582

1885

2,728

3

14

509

1884

2,587

3

9

675

1883

2,367

3

7

750

1882

2,303

3

7

778

1881

2,034

3

9

618

1880

2,003

3

10

613

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.